Attachment for rubber shoes



-(N0 Model.)

C. E. PUSH. ATTACHMENT EOE RUBBER SHOES. No.V 605,232. Patented June7,1898.

form, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

"NTTED STATES CHARLES E. P OSH, OF` WINFIEL D,fKANSAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR RUBBER SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent N o. 605,232, dated June7, 1898.

Application filed March 22, 1897.

To all whom t may concermm Be it known thatl, CHARLES-E. POSE, a citizenof the United States, residing at Winfield, in the county of Cowley andState of Kansas,^have invented and produced a new and useful Attachmentfor Rubber Shoes, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, showing apart thereof.

Thefinvention relates to improvements in attachments for rubber shoes.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive,and efficient device adapted to be readily applied to a rnbber shoe andcapable of clamping the foot of the wearer sufficiently to prevent arubber shoe from coming off. t

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which willstrengthen a-rubber shoe and prevent the same from breaking down at theheel.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a rubber overshoeembodying my invention, with the heel portion partlybroken away and partof the inner lining removed to more clearly show the attachment. Fig. 2is a perspective View of the attachment removedl from the rubberovershoe. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank before heilig bent intoshape.` i

Like numerals of reference denote corre-N spondin g parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l indicates the rubber overshoe, and 2 the inner lining thereof.

The attachment is made'from sheet spring metal, and preferably of asingle piece, and before being bent to shape is T-shaped in The stem orshank 3 of the attachment will preferably be wider than the lateral arms4, and the stem and arms may be of any desired length. The arms 4 willbe curved to conform generally to the configuration of the heel portionof an ordinary shoe, and are designed to be Serial No. 628,795. (Nomodel.)

The stem 3 will be arranged against the inner face of the heel portionof the overshoe substantiall y midway between the sides and bent,

as indicated at 5, toform a step 6 to rest upon the sole of theovershoe, and the stem will eX- tend vertically from the sole v'to theupper edge of the rubber overshoe and thereby reinforce and stiifen theheel portion throughout its height.

The attachment will preferably be secured to the overshoe in the courseof the manufacture of the latter by securing it between the rubber andthe inner lining and be thus entirely hidden from view, and there willbe no shoulders or sharpedges to come in contact with the inner shoe toinjure the inner shoe or retard the placing on` or removal of theovershoe from the inner shoe. If, however, it is desired to apply theattachment to rubber overshoes already manufactured, it may be securedin position in any suitable manner. By the use of my invention the upperedge of the heel portion of the overshoe is stiffened longitudinally andprevented from bending,

thereby making it much easier to it the overshoe over the inner shoe,and the heel portion is stiffened vertically and prevented from breakingdown. The arms l will also by their spring action effectually preventthe slipping up and down of the rubber shoe, which is frequently soobjectionable.

It is also obvious that the blank can be so bent as to adapt it to fitin any sizedlovershoe.

Having described the invention, I claima .An overshoe provided with anattachment mounted in the walls of the overshoe so that Athe latter willpresent smooth inner surfaces to the foot of the'wearer, and constructedfroina single piece of spring sheet metal, and comprising avertically-disposed stem having its lower end bent to form a step, andcurved arms extending laterally from each side of "the stem at the upperend `thereof and arranged around the upper edge of the heel to the upperedge of the overshoe to prevent portion of the overshoe and reinforcingand the heel from breaking down, substantially stiffening such edge andforming a clamp to as described, Y engage lthe foot of the wearer, thestep being CHAS. E. POSH; 5 supported on the sole of the overshoe andthe Witnesses:

stem being arranged midway 'between the C. L. GARVER, sides of thelatter and eXtendin g from the sole GEO. WV. ROBINSON..

